In between proposals to enact landmark laws against extrajudicial killings, lawmakers eye reimposing the death penalty
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MANILA, Philippines – Months of grueling hearings at the House quad committee have resulted in several bills that seek to enact landmark laws against, a good news for the human rights community here and abroad except that in between all of that is a new variant of a bill seeking the reimposition of the death penalty.
There’s no official house bill just yet, but if the committee pushes through with filing one, it’s expected to face intense opposition from the human rights sector. Not to mention that the Philippines also voted in favor of ending death penalty globally for good. It voted “yes” at the United Nations General Assembly plenary meeting on December 17, in favor of a resolution to have a moratorium on death penalty.
In 2022, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights asserted that “attempts to reintroduce death penalty must cease,” according to its submission that year to the Universal Period Review, a UN process held every 4 years to assess the human rights compliance of member countries.
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